I'm looking at the food I take when camping and looking at alternatives. When camping I'm referring to backpacking or car camping on the way back from work, so pretty late at night. I'm cooking using a petrol, gas or meths stove no fire. I've traditionally used Ratpacks or the shop bought alternatives with a few bits added. Of course carrying food in the retort pouch is quite heavy but the last time I used the freeze dried stuff it was foul on par with pot noodles. I've bought some of the freeze dried stuff and am looking at some DIY alternatives.
Yesterday I tried some of the 'Extreme Food' from ALPKIT specifically the rice pudding with cinnamon. I've found that when you put the recommended volume of water in it's rarely absorbed for the given time. I also find that it cools down v quickly. To combat that I wrapped the pouch with water added in my headover and left it for about 10min. It was very tasty full of flavour but the rice was a bit chewy and not all the water had been absorbed leaving it quite 'soupy'.
Today I tried to make my own 'instant' porridge. I used skimmed powdered milk (2.5 heaped tablespoons for 300ml), Quakers old fashioned oats and demerara sugar. I put it into a Ziploc bag and give it a good mix. I then added the boiled water, put it into my 'pouch holder' wrapped it in my headover and left it for 15 mins. Result; chewy oats, tasty enough probably just the sweetness but not exactly porridge. I could have used normal oats or 'quick' oats but I like the old fashioned ones as opposed to baby food.
For lunches I usually I have biscuits brown with peanut butter or Polish pate in tinfoil from Tesco. I use the smooth peanut butter individual sachets found here;
http://www.singleportions.co.uk/peanut-butter---single-portion-sachets-765-p.asp
I've also used some individual Nutella packs and have a tin of this stuff to try out next time around;
http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=253533984
I have some other freeze dried stuff, Raven, Mountain House and some military stuff when I get round to having them I'll write them up and add them here.
Yesterday I tried some of the 'Extreme Food' from ALPKIT specifically the rice pudding with cinnamon. I've found that when you put the recommended volume of water in it's rarely absorbed for the given time. I also find that it cools down v quickly. To combat that I wrapped the pouch with water added in my headover and left it for about 10min. It was very tasty full of flavour but the rice was a bit chewy and not all the water had been absorbed leaving it quite 'soupy'.
Today I tried to make my own 'instant' porridge. I used skimmed powdered milk (2.5 heaped tablespoons for 300ml), Quakers old fashioned oats and demerara sugar. I put it into a Ziploc bag and give it a good mix. I then added the boiled water, put it into my 'pouch holder' wrapped it in my headover and left it for 15 mins. Result; chewy oats, tasty enough probably just the sweetness but not exactly porridge. I could have used normal oats or 'quick' oats but I like the old fashioned ones as opposed to baby food.
For lunches I usually I have biscuits brown with peanut butter or Polish pate in tinfoil from Tesco. I use the smooth peanut butter individual sachets found here;
http://www.singleportions.co.uk/peanut-butter---single-portion-sachets-765-p.asp
I've also used some individual Nutella packs and have a tin of this stuff to try out next time around;
http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=253533984
I have some other freeze dried stuff, Raven, Mountain House and some military stuff when I get round to having them I'll write them up and add them here.
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